Keyword
hot
- pepper
- spicy
- cruel
- Frequency
- #2076
- Strokes
- 14
Readings
là
Mnemonic
辛 (bitter) gives the meaning and 束 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
辣
hot (spicy); pungent; (of chili pepper, raw onions etc) to sting; to burn
辣椒
hot pepper; chili
辣妹
hot chick; sexy girl; abbr. LM
麻辣
hot and numbing
火辣
painful heat; scorching; rude and forthright; provocative; hot; sexy
辛辣
spicy hot (taste); fig. biting (criticism)
火辣辣
scorching hot; (of a burn or other injury) painful; burning; (of one's mood) agitated; heated; intense; (of a personality) fiery; sharp-tongued; (Tw) (of a woman's figure) smoking hot
心狠手辣
(idiom) vicious; merciless
辣妈
(coll.) hot mom
辣椒酱
red pepper paste; chili sauce
泼辣
shrewish; pungent; forceful; bold and vigorous
酸甜苦辣
(lit.) sour, sweet, bitter and spicy (idiom); (fig.) all kinds of flavors; the joys and sorrows of life
毒辣
cruel; sinister; vicious
辣子
cayenne pepper; chili
红辣椒
hot red pepper; chili
老辣
shrewd and ruthless; efficient and unscrupulous
热辣辣
burning hot; scorching; (of food) spicy hot; (of news, topics etc) sensational; attention-grabbing; emotionally intense
辣妹子
sassy young woman or pretty girl (esp. one from China's spice belt: Guizhou, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan and Yunnan)
麻辣烫
malatang (a Sichuan-style spicy soup dish)
辣鸡
spicy chicken; (Internet slang) garbage (pun on 垃圾 (lājī))
胡辣汤
thick, peppery soup originating in Henan, commonly eaten for breakfast
微辣
mildly spicy
辣根
horseradish
吃香喝辣
lit. to eat delicious food and drink hard liquor (idiom); fig. to live well